If there’s one thing that stifles and inhibits the effectiveness of a local church more than anything else, it’s conflict and disunity.
In more than 30 years of ministry I’ve seen and (to a limited degree) experienced most forms of conflict within church life.
As a third generation Churches of Christ teenager, growing up in several churches around the country, my friends and I would actually look forward to the inevitable “scraps” that would occur when AGM time came around. We knew the people who would “have a go”, and for some strange (and sick) reason, we actually enjoyed the spectacle!